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THE BATTALION Page 3 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1978 Tyson sjewlin i lliams joggan Ait^" ye Lo e u-sonS' <ton, M ddei Dane J r ' r-aham t nnius A'elcl' s^f ~rlcn< s ^apet' —titof' *0111 spojSj^ Watch Sunday Af ternoon and Mon day Night Football While Sipping Your Favorite Drink With ALL Your Friends at The Aggieland Inn. George Lundeen, Texas A&M University’s artist-in-resi dence, works a piece of modern western art in his L T niversity studio. The sculptor works primarily in bronze and says he believes his art represents the feelings of the modern West. The former Fulbright Scholar will teach courses in design and sculpture through May 1979, and then return to his home in Colorado. Battalion photo by Candy Hill BIG Draft beer SCREEN!!!Highballs 75c Artist-in-residence recreates the West in bronze sculpture By MARK PERRIN Battalion Reporter Let’s see now, on the northeast side of the Texas A&M University campus, we have the engineers, the architects, and the, uh, oh yeah, the artist-in-residence. ^ Sure, the artist-in-residence. You know him. Even if you don’t, you can’t have missed his studio, located on the first floor of the old architec ture building, because everybody goes through there. George Lundeen may not have the best location on campus, but he certainly has a knack for art. Lundeen said the main job of an artist-in-residence is to do his own work in an open studio, which al lows students to look in and ask questions. Lundeen teaches classes in basic- design and basic modeling. In the design course, the students learn basic drawing techniques, Lundeen said. Next semester he plans to teach a course in sculpting and hopes that about 60 students will be allowed to take the class. Lundeen will only stay here for one year, and then another artist will replace him. Lundeen’s major interest is in bronze sculpture. He started sculpt ing 11 years ago as an under graduate at Hastings College in Ne braska, but said that he had been interested in art ever since he coidd remember. Lundeen said some people use speaking and writing as a form of communication, but that artists and musicians have chosen alternate ways to communicate, as he does with his sculpting. He said he starts a sculpture out ofclay, and when it is completed, he makes molds of the sculpture to cast the bronze replica. He has worked on one clay sculpture for four weeks, and said it would probably be Christmas before the sculpture is completed and bronzed. Time required for his works varies with their difficulty. Lundeen has sculpture exhibits at Baelers of Denver in Denver, Colo., Carlson-Black Galleries, Taos, N.M., and Texas Art Gallery in Dallas. He said he has seven or eight sculptures at each gallery. After leaving Texas A&M, Lun deen plans to go back to Loveland, Col. where he owns a home and studio. Lundeen was raised in Ne braska, and said he would think of living nowhere but in the West. T would describe myself as a western artist. I live in the West and that’s what I sculpt, he said. Lundeen said he thinks an artist should only paint or scult things he knows about. “I know the western area of the United States, so that’s where my subjects come from,’’ he said. Lundeen summed up his feelings about art and his devotion to it when he said, “sculpting isn’t just a job to me. It is a way of life, a way to com municate my feelings. 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